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I've got my team in my signature. I'm planning to push them all to about Level 55 before taking on the Elite 4. This is my first playthrough of Black 2 so I was hoping to find out where you all think I stand? Any glaring weaknesses? I found the Elite 4 easy in White, so I want to make sure I'm not biting off more than I can chew in Black 2.

Only thing I see is that against Marshall he could give you some trouble. All but Mienshao knows a Rock Type move, and all know Fighting Type moves, so he has an advantage against all of your Pokemon but Samurott. You better hope Unfezant can KO his Pokemon quickly or you'll be in trouble. But you might have taught some of your other Pokemon a move strong against Fighting Types.

Besides that, I see no big problem. Iris could give you some trouble if you can't get her Haxorus down fast.

Only thing I see is that against Marshall he could give you some trouble. All but Mienshao knows a Rock Type move, and all know Fighting Type moves, so he has an advantage against all of your Pokemon but Samurott. You better hope Unfezant can KO his Pokemon quickly or you'll be in trouble. But you might have taught some of your other Pokemon a move strong against Fighting Types.

Besides that, I see no big problem. Iris could give you some trouble if you can't get her Haxorus down fast.

Thanks for the advice. As much as I love Excadrill, my EV trained Terrakion fills a similar role. I picked up a Golurk on Victory Road. Certainly not my favorite Pokemon, and he needs some training, but his fighting immunity should help me and he can still bust out a mean Earthquake. He doesn't do the damage my Excadrill did, but he certainly helps me against Marshall.

I have an average team that's I'm rushing with, then I'm gonna catch and train a new team right before the pokemon league (because I want to complete the postgame too). I plan on using pokemon in the very late routes so EV training will be the only obstacle, or else just using what I already have. So what team sounds better to you so far (Post-game movesets)?

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hey bdb2010 that team is knowpost game. this is in game. but nice team i like it.

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hey coipe marshall could beat all your pokemon ith his grass fighting. how do i know? i know stuff. fix the problem.

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Weaknesses to watch for: Water (3), Ground (3), Fighting (3). Tyranitar has all 3 of these weaknesses, Dialga Has 2, and Chandelure has 2.

Chandelure can absorb fighting attacks, but fighting types usually carry ground and rock. I would say your team needs a bit more balance.

A couple of quick suggestions (I can elaborate if you want me to):

-Replace Altaria with a water type (maybe starmie or Jellicent for a fighting resist/immunity too)
-Replace Tyranitar or better cope with your 3 ground/fighting weaknesses (such as removing Chandelure or Zoroark)
-Think about how to deal with Haxorus because he can wreck 3 pokes with EQ, Zoroark with Xscissor, and Altaria with Dragon Claw / Outrage. I would highly recommend Jellicent because he can use Wil-O-Wisp and then finish him with Ice Beam. If not, you'll likely have to rely on Gliscor.
-Adding Jellicent would likely mean removing Chandelure, which isn't a big deal assuming Zoroark has flamethrower. Jellicent can be caught at lv 40 at undella town (however it has a useless ability)

Hi, I'm playing through white 2 and would like some advice on my team(transferred some from other games XD).
(not really interested in competitive battles)

Sammurott(timid)
Surf
Ice beam
Aqua jet
???

If Samurott wasn't timid, I would suggest Megahorn. In this case, I would either add Toxic or wait for Hydro Pump. Megahorn is still viable against psychics/darks though.

Sceptile(adamant)
Leaf blade
Return
Quick attack
???

I gotta say that Sceptile really sucks without TM's/Breeding. You're best off replacing that with Leavanny if it's not too much trouble. It's not as fast, but it learns Swords Dance at lv 46. I'd recommend getting that or grinding in PWT to get the Swords Dance TM.

Infernape(Jolly)
Mach punch
Fire punch
Close combat
???

Rock Slide, shadow claw, or Wil-o-wisp will suffice as the 4th moveslot. The first two will offer good coverage, but wil-o-wisp is nice for going against physical attackers.

Electrode(timid)
Thunderbolt
Charge
Electro ball
Signal beam

I strongly recommend replacing Electrode with Galvantula. He can still outspeed alot, has STAB signal beam, has 91% accurate Thunder, and 97 SpA to work with. But if you want to stay with electrode, then you should try something like Light Screen + Volt Switch against the Psychic and Ghost gym. That way Electrode can switch for something else that can take hits easier for 3-4 turns. Or something like Toxic will be great for his insane speed. It would be a good way to take out haxorus (assuming you can stall him.

This set is good, although bite won't do that much damage. In fact, STAB acrobatics without an item will deal more than a super effective bite (165 bp > 160 bp) I would recommend the switch unless you don't like the shallow coverage.

Overall, your team will be just fine for the elite four even if you don't feel like making adjustments. The things that bug me are that you don't have a dedicated fighter for the Psychic / Ghost type E4 members (aka a physical, Dark or Steel type) and Sceptile/Electrode are itching for replacement. But if you don't want to replace anything, then you'll still be alright anyhow.

Currently, there's two different pokemon that I recommend adding (But not together):

If you keep electrode, I suggest making it more of a utility pokemon while having 1 or 2 useful attacks (Thunderbolt / Filler / Light Screen or Toxic / Volt Switch). Heck, if you get enough shards, you can tutor it Foul Play and mess with Haxorus.

Another thing I thought about is that you're limiting pokemon like infernape and Samurott to an extent because of their natures. Infernape could run Flamethrower or Fire blast while Samurott could utilize megahorn along with a more powerful aqua jet (that said, Samurott is probably better with a physical swords dance set).

Hopefully this helps. This feedback is pretty strict for in-game play, but having more versatility will help you poke the weak spots in some pokemon (such as Megahorn against Musharna / Reuniclus or Fire Blast to cover the physically defensive steel types).

Sup, guys. Currently the two powerhouses of my team are:
Dragonite (Male) Lv. 95
Ability: Multiscale

Aqua Tail
Dragon Rush
Thunderpunch
Stone Edge

Beneficial Nature to Attack Stat

Arcanine (Female) Lv. 87
Ability: Intimidate

Heat Wave
Extremespeed
Hidden Power (Electric)
Flamethrower

Beneficial Nature to Sp. Attack stat

I'm planning on bringing over my Umbreon, Vaporeon, Raikou and Articuno from my Heartgold, and I'm currently training my Absol with Super Luck and a moveset of high-crit chance moves..... Any team reccomendations (either about the Pokemon listed or what Pokemon I should add)?

I have a team that needs a bit of touching up. So my team is: Serperior, Ampharos, Lucario, Aggron, and Chandelure. For my sixth pokemon I have 2 options. My Wailord or a Hydregion. On the marriland team builder there are columns that say Weak or Res. I added the numbers on each column to see what I got. With Hydregion the stats were Weak:21 and Res:42. With Wailord they were Weak:19 and Res:39. As you can see Hydregion's numbers are better but I don't have a pokemon that can use surf. I guess I could catch an HM slave later on but then I would have to take out a member of my team and normally I travel with my full team to level them up evenly. So if anyone could help me with this I would be very grateful. And ingame atm I'm in mistrailon city. I only have a Servine, Flaaffy, Lucario, Aron, and Wailmer.

EDIT: Oh and during the Elite Four I'm going to be in challenge mode. So if I get Wailord I'm guessing I'll be aiming for a defensive team and Hydregion will make me aim for a more offensive team.

It's been 24 hours since I posted for help and no replies. I'm posting it again. It doesn't say anything about this on the first post but if this is against any rules someone please tell me. Here was the post:

I have a team that needs a bit of touching up. So my team is: Serperior, Ampharos, Lucario, Aggron, and Chandelure. For my sixth pokemon I have 2 options. My Wailord or a Hydregion. On the marriland team builder there are columns that say Weak or Res. I added the numbers on each column to see what I got. With Hydregion the stats were Weak:21 and Res:42. With Wailord they were Weak:19 and Res:39. As you can see Hydregion's numbers are better but I don't have a pokemon that can use surf. I guess I could catch an HM slave later on but then I would have to take out a member of my team and normally I travel with my full team to level them up evenly. So if anyone could help me with this I would be very grateful. And ingame atm I'm in mistrailon city. I only have a Servine, Flaaffy, Lucario, Aron, and Wailmer.

EDIT: Oh and during the Elite Four I'm going to be in challenge mode. So if I get Wailord I'm guessing I'll be aiming for a defensive team and Hydregion will make me aim for a more offensive team.

uberHexagon, Hydreigon can learn surf. I'm not kidding, it can. My advice is go ahead and use Hydreigon, but be aware that zweilous(which you can catch at level 50, victory road caves) won't evolve until level 64. That could be kind of a high level to train to before the elite four, so only use it if you are up to the challenge. But there are much, much better water types than wailord. You can get Staryu when you reach undella town reasonably easy, with a 60% chance in rippling water. I would go for that instead of wailord.

I like seeing the stuff other people chose when they played though. For mine, I had:

Samurott (quirky: slash/waterfall/ice beam/rock smash) for my starter. Even though Samurott kind of sucks, I'm one of those people who keeps their starter. This Samurott is making me rethink that for future games.

Flareon (quirky: flamethrower/shadow ball/hidden power/yawn) Cute little ball of fluff who burns things cutely! I got it in a GTS trade. It had the egg move yawn, which was awesome.

Zoroark (modest: flamethrower/dark pulse/nasty plot/extrasensory) I think it died from the wind blowing on it too hard once. Also got him in a trade.

Wigglytuff (calm: hyper voice/psychic/ice beam/thunderbolt) Somehow was the powerhouse of my team. Her name was Woobie.

Dragonite (docile: strength/surf/waterfall/fly) This was a DWF one I got from a friend. She ended up being an HM slave.

Reuniclus (bold: energy ball/flash/psychic/shadow ball) I love them so much! They're adorable! Pretty sure they were the entire reason I chose White version over Black.

If I could do it over, I'd use Galvantula instead of the Zoroark. They're way cuter and make little squishy happy noises when they die. Unlike Zoroark who's always like DEREGHGAARERPDERP. (Heard that noise SO MANY TIMES.)

I generally don't play competitively so I usually end up going with the pokemon I like best.
Always inevitably I end up with a combination of Dragon Pokemon + pokemon from the dragon egg group + dragonish pokemon.

White 2 team:
1. Charizard (I egged him in as my starter)
2. Haxorus
3. Milotic (Also egged this one in)
4. Garchomp
5. Flygon
6. Dragonite (HM slave. If you ask why, this Dragonite has been with me since Gen 3. Terrible stats, terrible IVs, terrible everything but I like having him around for sentimental purposes because the dang thing is one of my oldest pokemon I can use in this current game. Still have my gen 1 rocking away in my old school gen 2s. I'm actually thinking of recreating all of them from scratch in a FireRed game and moving forward from there)

Yes I admit to egging in most of my intial pokemon but this is how I like to play my games.
If I wanted to play with random pokemon (which I do in all of my intial playthroughs of every new generation) I would go with something like this for white 2:

As you can see i kinda over did it lol. But i love planning teams. If you are wondering how i obtained Garchomp and Gyarados (Or soon will) is because i transfered them from Platinum to White Where i bred the two of them along with the Chandelure (In my original White team), Magnezone, and Lucario! So I did not hack! It was very tedious and took a lot of time, lol.

You have too many Pokémon that fill identical roles. Choose one of either Rhyperior, Conkeldurr, or Flygon (I recommend Flygon), and use a good Water-type like Jellicent (not the one you get in Undella Bay, it has a weak DW ability; get one with Water Absorb instead), and a good Psychic-type like Espeon (evolve the DW Eevee you get from Fennell post-game, Espeon's DW ability is far superior to its normal one). Or, combine them by using Starmie and use something else cool, like Braviary or Zoroark, in your last slot.